Twenty Years of Congress: from Lincoln to Garfield: With a Review of the Events which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860, Հատոր 2Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1886 |
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... is to yield to that impulse . But we must never forget that what may be mercy to the individual is cruelty to the State . ” - ... • - This speech was reported by an accomplished stenographer , and 10 TWENTY YEARS OF CONGRESS .
... is to yield to that impulse . But we must never forget that what may be mercy to the individual is cruelty to the State . ” - ... • - This speech was reported by an accomplished stenographer , and 10 TWENTY YEARS OF CONGRESS .
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... never so fine , its vigor was never so great , its spirit was never so high , as at the close of that terrible campaign which under Grant's command in the East began at the Wilderness and ended with Lee's surrender , and which under ...
... never so fine , its vigor was never so great , its spirit was never so high , as at the close of that terrible campaign which under Grant's command in the East began at the Wilderness and ended with Lee's surrender , and which under ...
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... never so large an amount of money disbursed upon the order of a single man as by the order of General Meigs . The aggregate sum could not have been less during the war than fifteen hundred millions of dollars , accurately vouched and ...
... never so large an amount of money disbursed upon the order of a single man as by the order of General Meigs . The aggregate sum could not have been less during the war than fifteen hundred millions of dollars , accurately vouched and ...
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... never be suppressed in Louisiana if the professed Union men there will neither help to do it nor permit the Government to do it with- out their help . ... What would you do in my position ? Would you drop the war where it is , or would ...
... never be suppressed in Louisiana if the professed Union men there will neither help to do it nor permit the Government to do it with- out their help . ... What would you do in my position ? Would you drop the war where it is , or would ...
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... never contemplated the slightest violation of the rights and prerogatives of Congress . " The message through- out was a singularly apt illustration of that keen perception and abounding common sense which made Mr. Lincoln so formidable ...
... never contemplated the slightest violation of the rights and prerogatives of Congress . " The message through- out was a singularly apt illustration of that keen perception and abounding common sense which made Mr. Lincoln so formidable ...
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Twenty Years of Congress: from Lincoln to Garfield: With a Review ..., Հատոր 2 James Gillespie Blaine Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1884 |
Twenty Years of Congress: from Lincoln to Garfield: With a Review ..., Հատոր 2 James Gillespie Blaine Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1884 |
Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield. With a Review ..., Հատոր 2 James Gillespie Blaine Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1886 |
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Էջ 616 - It is agreed, that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind, on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used, at any time heretofore, to fish...
Էջ 497 - A neutral Government is bound — First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Էջ 616 - Majesty's dominions in America; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Էջ 497 - Plenipotentiaries to express in a friendly spirit the regret felt by Her Majesty's Government for the escape, under whatever circumstances, of the Alabama and other vessels from British ports, and for the depredations committed by those vessels.
Էջ 686 - June 30, 1868 and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, and also to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States...
Էջ 687 - That every person holding any civil office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and every person who shall hereafter be appointed to any such office, and shall become duly qualified to act therein, Is, and shall be, entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been In like manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein otherwise provided...
Էջ 684 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion ; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God...
Էջ 497 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the high contracting parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Էջ 684 - I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
Էջ 172 - ... full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.